Beware Facebook’s Onavo Spyware
Friends, don’t be fooled by Facebook’s Onavo “protection”. It’s only an app that allows Facebook to observe your activity when you’re not on Facebook. In other words, it’s Spyware! More information is here:
Uh Oh!
WordPress 4.9.3 was released on February 5 and included several bugfixes. The next day, WordPress 4.9.4 was released to fix a "severe bug" in the previous day's bugfix. If your WordPress website was automatically updated to version 4.9.3, you must manually update your website to version 4.9.4, otherwise your website will never automatically update again….
New Computer Vulnerabilities Affect Almost All Computers
News was released in the past couple of days about two computer vulnerabilities that affects just about all computers (including tablets and smartphones) made in the past twenty years. Yes, you read that correctly! One security website says, “Both of these vulnerabilities are hardware level vulnerabilities that exist because of a flaw in CPU architecture….
Major Security Issue for LastPass Just Announced
I have often sung the praises of the LastPass Password Manager. Off the top of my head, I only know a couple of passwords for all of the websites that I access. And each website I visit has a different password. Instead of trying to keep up with a book or sticky notes where I…
Another WordPress Update
It’s August 18, 2016 and as promised, the fine people who produce WordPress have released the newest version of the platform. There are a few new bells and whistles, most of which will go unnoticed by website visitors. However, website administrators will notice a few things in the “back end” of the Admin Panel. If…
New WordPress Update
A new WordPress update (4.5.3) was rolled out this morning. If you are one of our clients, your website has already been updated as part of our hosting maintenance agreement. If you’re interested in learning what’s covered by this maintenance and security release, WordPress has released the documentation here.
Another Update
A new version of WordPress Core is available (4.4). If you have not already updated, please do so as soon as possible. Many WordPress hosting companies do not automatically update your WordPress Core, Plugin and Theme files. In addition, many hosts do not backup their clients’ files and databases. Before updating your WordPress website, remember to…
Is Your WordPress Website Vulnerable?
Updating WordPress and Plugins is not included in most hosting packages! This morning, a security update was released for the #WordPress Core. Several plugins were updated as well. Unless you updated your #WP core files and plugins, your website is vulnerable to attack! All of our clients’ websites were updated within minutes of today’s announced release….
Don’t Gamble with Google’s Upcoming Changes
Is your website ready for Google’s new search algorithm? If not, where your website appears in the listing of search results may suffer! What is Google’s pagerank algorithm? Where your website appears when somebody searches for something relevant about your organization is known as pagerank. Everybody wants their website at the top of Google’s…